Eviatar, Daphne, <br/><br/>
Big Win for Human Rights. 
Daphne Eviatar. 
 -  Nation,  2005. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.  Article 43,  Human Relations,  1522-3248; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.  Originally Published: Big Win for Human Rights, May 9, 2005; pp. 20+. 
<br/><br/> "Early in April [2005], the California-based Unocal Corporation announced it was being bought out by its neighbor, the oil giant Chevron-Texaco. Splashed across the business pages, the news overshadowed another announcement, made much more quietly two weeks earlier: that Unocal had agreed to pay to settle a long-running lawsuit charging the oil company with assisting and encouraging the torture, murder and rape of Burmese villagers by government soldiers so that Unocal could build a gas pipeline." (NATION) This article discusses the case against Unocal and notes that "the timing of these two announcements is no coincidence, and it underscores just how seriously these legal cases are now being taken in corporate boardrooms. Once considered mere nuisances, lawsuits implicating corporations in international human rights abuses have become major obstacles to corporate profitability and prospects." 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-3248; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Unocal Corp.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Alien Tort Claims Act (1789)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Actions and defenses<br/>Human rights<br/>Human rights--Burma<br/>Human rights--International aspects<br/>International business enterprises<br/>Social responsibility of business
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Burma--Armed Forces
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050